What is the average commute in Earlimart CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Earlimart CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6204382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Earlimart, California

Name: Commute estimates for Earlimart CDP, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.3 min one way; 1.7% worked from home, 70.5% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±6.8 min MOE

Worked from home1.7%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone70.5%±5.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Earlimart CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.7 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute22.0 min → 27.3 min▲ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 1.7%▼ 0.7 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.1% → 70.5%▲ 17.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Earlimart CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.7% worked from home.

Drive alone70.5% ±5.7 pp

Carpool27.6% ±9.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home1.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 2,260 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Earlimart CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Earlimart CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,260 workers age 16+, including 2,222 workers with reported travel time and 38 home workers.

Population estimate7,214± 980 MOE

Workers age 16+2,260± 366 MOE

Workers with travel time2,222± 355 MOE

Estimated home workers38± 46 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Earlimart CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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